Shoe-cleaning-stigk container, applicator, and distributor



April21,19 25.

A. L. ASTE SHOE CLEANING STICK CONTAINER, APPLICATOR, AND DISTRIBUTOR Filii'Mardh 21, 1924 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21,

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Beit known that L, .Asrn, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof the borough of Brookl n, county of Kinggfcity and State, of, ew York,have invented certain .new and Xuseful Improve- ,inents in ShoesCleaningStick Containers, A Heaters-and Distributors, of which the 0 owing is aspecifications This invention relates to shoe. cleaning;

jstick container, applicator and distributor,

which usually consists. ofhavin the .maserial which isused to apply ltote shoe..,-as forv instance, to buck, or canvas, .or suede shoes, ornappy leathershoes, arrangedin compacted form, in the form' of acylmdrical stickv Heretoforesuch compacted material in the form ofsticks i as. been-sold eitheras wrapped in paper, or paper envelopes, inwhich; case the user in removing the envelope andiin utilizing, thestick hasthe hands soiled in such use. or such stickshave been put intotin containers to enable the: sticks to be readily grasped the-hand ofthe user without soiling the fingers, The. object of this invention isto provide a new and improved container for .suchsticks, so .as toenablehthe user to, readily apply the stick to,

the, shoe, and apply to the shoe. the felt .bu-fier or rubber in orderto equally distribute the material of which thestick is made on theshoe.

For. this purpose my .invention consists of an improved shoe cleaningstick contaxiner, applicator and distributor, which in 7 general isarranged to securelyhold the stick and permit its adjustable forwardmovementin conformity with the amount of the compact used and also toprovide means .therein for holding the felt pad buffer or rubber inclosed or unused position, and

also permit it to be readily applied so as to enable. the feltpadfbrufler, or rubber to be .held in position when it. is desired touse the container for the stick as a holder for the felt pad buffer orrubber, when apglying the felt pad buffer or rubber to the s cc Theinvention consists of certain further features, which will be fullydescribed,here

inafter shown in the drawings and finally pointed out in .the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a shoe adapted to be cleaned andshows the stick with its container eing sed to disline 4 4-of Figure 3.

tribute by means oi' the felt pad bufierxor r her the cleaning materialon the shoe; lgu-refi shows aperspective iew of the container with itscompact; in stickprotrudin therefromand the :felt pad aetributor s .w'niuproxiniity to the corhpact to enable the user. totake off from thecoinpactcertain material and a ly it by Inca-us oi the felt pad bufferor tier to the shoe.

Figure 3 is a central section ofthe' container and com act stick andfelt. adidistributor, all he (i within the conta ner, the same bemg readforsh" nient. re a i (ties. Wheaten Figure 5 is a centralsection,showing the corn act stick protrudinand also {showing the v 'elt paddistributor cl-cl in position to enable it to be applied to the shoe,".as shown -container atone end thereof-has a bentover-beveled p'ortion''1'1 which provides a surrounded portion so that noragged edges of thecontainer a pear. The containeris' preferably madec sheet tin orothersimilar suitable metal which lends itself readily to manufacturing ends.The other'end'of the container 10 has inwardly extending flanges 12which surroundan opening 1 3, as shown in Figure 6; The end of the con?tainer '10, near the bevel portion 11, is pro? vided with a globularimpression 1-4;, which extends within the tainer 10.

Within the container 10, as shown in Figure 5, a metallic cap 15 havinglien "16,

interior of the consurrounds. the 17 of cdnipacte ma terial, which hasan exterior shape in -s1ibstantial conformity with the interior of thecontainer 10; This metallic cafp 115 is arranged to act as a guide "forstick audits diameter is substantial to the di meter of t e inter or atthe etaias This cap 15 is provided at one side thereof whereby theimpression 14 acts as a guiding member to enable the compact stick 18 toslideto and fro in the container 10. The entrance of the impression 14into the recess 18 prevents the compact stick 17 from a rotary movementwhile the same is being moved in either direction in the container 11(1)and while the same is being applied to the s cc. a

The distributor consists'of a metallic cap 20 having a conical portionterminating in an end ortion of slightly enlarged diameter, this endportion being indicated-by 21. The diameter of the end portion 21 issuchthat it is slightly greater thanh the diameter of the opening 13 ofthe end of the container 10. Due to the resiliencyjbf the metallicmaterial and particularly of the flanges 12 thereof, this end portion 21of larger diameter' may be readily inserted ,into the opening 13 and bya snap action the enlarged portion 21 will seat itself within thecontainer and .within the flanges. 12 and be held in position thereby...The distributor ca has also a second enlarged portion, indicate by 23,which is adapted to seat u on the beveled end 11 ,of the container w enthe distributor 20 isxplace'd inthe positionxas shown in Figure 3. vThe-.distri-butor cap 20 suitably holdsa felt pad, or aTielt-like materialof substantially disc vshape. formin a felt paddistributor,.indicated.hy,24 an which material is suitably adapted todistribute the compact material .on-the shoe.

The recess of the cap 15 is not alignment with the-recess 18 ofthe-compact stick as otherwise when the-compact stick is worn or used.upand :the cap reaches the position as shown-in Figure 6, the ,cap. 15would fall out of'the containerlflc- For this purpose, the depression 3Qin-the cap 15 is disposed slightly at one side of the recess '18. Thisdispositi'onof theirecess requires when the compact stick is insertedthat-the cap be insert d first .wvith ,the depression 30 in registrationwith the impression 14and then a quick and, slight turning. movementaround a" crosswise depression 31 in thestick is given to the stick tobring about the'registration of the impression 14 with the, recess 18.By this arrangement of the recess when the distributing cap 15- reachesthe position as shown in Figure 6, it will be securely held in positionso as to enable the prqecting portion of the compactstick to be used up.When it is desired to remove the distributing cap and replace it by anew compact stick, to which a similar and new cap is The improved stickcontainer and applicator can be used in dififerent forms. If it isdesired, the distributing ca 20 may be taken in one hand and applie tothe compact stick 17, as shown in Figure 2, and the material adhering tothe portion 24 may then be transmitted to the shoe and the shoe therebycleaned. If, however, the user prefers to apply the compact directly tothe shoe, which in most cases is the preferable form, then the usertakes the container 10 in the hand and first applies a compact 17 to theshoe, suitably distributing the necessary material on the shoe and thenturns the container 10 around into the position as shown in Figural andby means of the vplprtion 24 distributes the material over the s oe.

The improved device may be readily shipped in the form as shown inFigure 3, in w ich the initial and unused stick 17 is moved so as tohave the cap 15 rest upon'the flanges 12 and so as to have thedistributor cap lnserted in the manner as shown in Figure 3, with thering projection 23 resting against the bevel 11.

Preferably the interior diameter. of the bevel 11 is substantial] equal"to the exterior diameter of the s oulder 25 so as to give a frictionalhold when the distributor isinserted, as shown in Figure 3, and therebyhold the parts securely in position during the shipment of the parts.Then, as before stated, if it is desired to use it in the manner shownin Figure 1, the cap'20 is removed, the stick 17 is moved to theposition as shown in Figure 5 and the cap 20 is then inserted into theopening 13.

The compact stick may be made of such materials or formulae so as toadapt it to either buck, orzcanvas, or suede shoes or nappy leathers,and preferably has suitable particles of a gri substance that works downinto the nap of the leather, cleaning the leather and at the same timecarrying the colordown to the body portion of the leather instead ofmerely smearing the surface. The felt pad bufler in the distributing capis of such a character that it will readily rub the powder. intotheleather.

My improved device. is of a very neat character and may be ornamented bysuitable advertising material thereon and being made in a relativelysmall size may be readily carried in a small hand bag or pocket. Thecompact material ofcourse be made in all shades of colors.

I have described my invention in the form of a particular embodiment butit is container, and a distributing cap adapted toclose either end ofthe container and provided with a suitable material forming anapplicator adapted to be in position for use when the ca closes that endof the container provided with the annular flan e and to be closedwithin the container w en the cap closes the other end of the container.

-2. A shoe cleaning stick container and applicator comprising anopen-ended cylindricalcontainer, an inwardly extending flange formed .onone end of the container, an interior projection formed on the containerwalla'djacent an end thereof, a compact stick slidable in saidcontainer,the compactstick having a groove cooperating with the projection topreventrotation of the stick, a cap carried by the stick andhavapplicator mem ing a similar groove formed out of alignment with theoove on the stick, and an i er adapted to close'either end of thecontainer.

3. A shoe cleaning stick containerand ap-' plicator comprising acontainer having one end thereof entirely open and the material of thecontainer bent into the form of a bead, the other end of the containerhaving an inwardly extending annular flange, a distributing cap having abead of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the opening,formed by the annular flange of the container, and having another beadof substantially the same diameter as the bead on the end of thecontainer, said distributing cap being adapted tobe inserted within thecontainer at one end thereof when not ,4

in use, with its bead of the same diameter as the beaded end of thecontainer engaged with the beaded end of the container and as hisinvention, he has signed his name hereto.

ANTHONY L. ASTE.

